Name: Hearing Amazônia
Start: 2023-03-11T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Kresge Auditorium

Hearing Amazônia

TheMusic and Theater Artssection provides students at MIT the opportunity to experience the unique language and process of the arts. Faculty and teaching staff help students understand art’s demand for rigor and discipline and its non-quantitative standards of excellence and beauty. A strong, comprehensive program in both music and theater arts—encompassing history, theory, and performance—is taught by faculty and staff of the highest caliber.

MIT Music & Theater Arts Section

Featuring the world premiere of Amazônia Sem Lei (“Lawless Amazon”) by Grammy-nominated Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad, and more.

Kresge Auditorium

Hearing AmazôniaMIT Wind Ensemble, MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, MIT Vocal Jazz EnsembleClarice Assad, composer/pianist/vocalist; Natalie Lin Douglas, violinist; Evan Zipoyrn, composer/bass clarinetFrederick Harris, Jr., Music Director; Kenneth Amis, Assistant ConductorLaura Grill Jaye, Director, MIT Vocal Jazz EnsembleSaturday, March 11, 2023Kresge Auditorium, 8:00pmFeaturing the world premiere of Amazônia Sem Lei (“Lawless Amazon”) by Grammy-nominated Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad, this special concert continues the Hearing Amazônia—The Responsibility of Existence project launched in the fall of 2021 and comes weeks before MITWE’s, MIT FJE’s, and MIT VJE’s tour of Manaus, Brazil. Assad’s new work will feature violinist and MIT professor Natalie Lin Douglas and Assad herself. The concert also includes Antônio Carlos Jobim’s Passarim, Hermeto Pascoal’s Hermanos Latinos, Chiquinha Gonzaga’s Corta Jaca, and Drill by composer-bass clarinetist, Evan Ziporyn. C﻿lick here to view the livestream: https://mta.mit.edu/viewlisten/live-kresge-auditoriumDon't miss a downbeat! <a href="https://mta.mit.edu/newsletter/subscribe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here to subscribe to the Events Newsletter.</a>

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